For a project about private/direct/secure comms, why's it so impossible to self host? about trystero

[rocket-pig]

Sorry for spew of frustration. If I weren't self taught @ "internet college" perhaps I would have been able to arrive here more easily.

I do think including a straightforward path to hosting trystero locally would be a big improvement! So I made my own.

Finally solved it and uploaded static 'lib' dir here, if anyone else arrives here wanting similar things.
https://github.com/rocket-pig/trystero-no-cdn-self-hosted

Thanks for an amazing project, have learned tons and had loads of fun using it.

[jeremyckahn]

All you should need is a static asset server and a secure context (https). What exactly isn’t working for you? Can you share a link to show the issues you’re experiencing?

[dmotz]

There shouldn't be any need to use a fork for self-hosting. As mentioned in the docs, you can install and import Trystero via npm like this:

npm i trystero

Then in your js file:

import {joinRoom} from 'trystero'

The docs only mention using a CDN if someone wants to try the library quickly without using a bundler — I personally don't tend to use JS CDNs for projects.

If you're not familiar with using npm and bundlers, I'd recommend trying Vite for your project:

npm init vite@latest
cd your-project-name
npm i trystero
npm run dev

There are many other bundler options to try: Parcel, Browserify, Webpack, etc.

Let me know if you have any issues.

[rocket-pig]

Yeah..again I'm sorry fellas. I was a bit out of my depth (still am) and was misunderstanding why I was having a hard time.  I again appreciate the suggestions.